Anticreeping device for rails.



A. P. TRETBR. ANTIGREEPING DEVICE PoR RAILS APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 20. 1909.

. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.

AUGUST F.' TRETER, or ToLEDo, oHIo.

.ANTICREEPING l:DEVICE FOR RAILS.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909,.

. Application filed January 20, 1909.- Serial No. 473,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known' that I, AUGUST F. TRETER, citizen of theUnited States', residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas'and State of Ohio, .have invented certain new and useful v Improvements in Anticree ing Devices for Rails; and l do hereby dec are the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of Y' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it Vappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to an anticreeping device for rails, and it has for its. object to provide a simple, inexpensive and efiective device of this character which may be readily attached and detached and one in which the gripping action upon the rail may be increased as occasion may demand.

With this object in view the invention einbodies certain novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described' and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a rail and ,my iniproved device in position to hold the saine` .anti-creeping device, the same comprises crossed leversf4 and 5 pivoted together at 6 and each having a pairof upwardly extend- .ing gripping jaws 7 and 8 adapted to rip opposite sides of the base flange of t e rail. The levers/.1. and 5 are extended at 9 and 10 to overlie'the cross tie and the end of each is provided with a downwardly extending lug as at 11 and 12 forming shoulders at 13 to abut against the tie and anchor the device :Y

againstmovement in the direction in which the rail has a tendency to creep, indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1. Lugs 11 and12are perforated to' receive a transversely'extending clamping bolt 14 by `which the levers are drawn together to cause thegripping jaws to tightly grip the rail. When the device is in position, as shown in Figs; 1 and 2, the tightening of the clamping bolt will direct the strain upon the gripping jaws, the pivot which connects the levers beingentirely free from strain. The device is quickly and easily applied to a rail and when in position effectively anchors the rail to the tie.

What l claim, is-

1. The combination with a rail, and atie, of a pair of levers pivoted together and each provided withl a pair of upwardly extending gripping jaws adapted to grip opposite sides di the base flange of the rail, and a clamping bolt to draw the free ends of the levers together, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a rail, and a tie, of a pair of pivoted levers each having a pair of gripping jaws engaging o posite sides of the base flange of the rail, t e free ends of the levers provided with downwardly extending lugs which abut the tie, and a clamping bolt y connecting the lu s to draw the levers together, substantial y as described.- j

In testimony whereol hereunto aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST F. TRETER.

Witnesses: y

J. W. EMRICH, CARL H. KELLER. j 

